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As of May 2025, 48 Airbus A340s are still flying passengers commercially, with seven airlines keeping the quadjet alive.

One recent notable example of a commercial plane landing on ice occurred in February 2021, when the South African charter company, Hi Fly, landed an Airbus A340 in Antarctica.

NASA is in the final stages of testing its X-59 plane for supersonic flight. You can see images of an afterburner test before the aircraft takes off in 2025.

Despite the lackluster commercial response, Airbus had high hopes for the A340, which was meant to replace aging Boeing 747s and DC-10s, and was touted as having an unbeatable range.